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Graduate
education in surgery requires a commitment to continuity
of patient care. This continuity of care must take
precedence - without regard to the time of day, day of
the week, number of hours already worked, or on-call schedules. At
the same time, patients have a right to expect a healthy,
alert, responsible, and responsible physician dedicated
to delivering effective and appropriate care.
The program director must establish an environment that
is optimal both for resident education and for patient
care, while ensuring that undue stress and fatigue among
residents are avoided. It is his or her responsibility
to ensure assignment of appropriate in-hospital duty hours
so those residents are not required to perform excessively
difficult or prolonged duties regularly. It is desirable
that residents' work schedules be designed so that on average,
excluding exceptional patient care needs, residents have
at least 1 day out of 7 free of routine responsibilities
and be on call in the hospital no more often than every
third night. During these on-call hours, residents
should be provided with adequate sleeping, lounge, and
food facilities. There must be adequate backup
so that patient care is not jeopardized during or following
assigned periods of duty. Support services
must be such that residents do not spend an inordinate
amount of time in non-educational activities that can be
discharged properly by other personnel."
This is allotted on a monthly basis,
based on the number of nights on call. Each
resident is given a "credit card" to which the meal
allowance of $ 10 /day on call weekdays and $15/day on
weekends is credited on a monthly basis.
Health, hospital, dental insurance
and prescription plan for the resident, spouse and dependent
children are provided by MMC. Life insurance, in
an amount equal to the annual salary paid, disability insurance,
and professional liability insurance are also included
in the benefits package.
Each categorical resident
at PGY2 and above is provided with a $300 book allowance
on a yearly basis.
Two white lab coats per year
are issued to each resident.
Each categorical resident at PGY3
is provided with a digital camera and surgical loops.
Counseling and psychological support services are available.
PGY1- $44,774
PGY2- $47,629
PGY3- $50,327
PGY4- $53,055
PGY5- $54,432
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